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Ground water potential zone assessment using geospatial technique and identification of artificial recharge sites: a case study of Mahabubnagar District of Telangana

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The most reliable source of fresh water is groundwater (GW). The GW sources are under rigorous threat owing to several criteria like elevated population, urbanization, and industrialization. A vital role was played by climate change in the quality and quantity of GW resources. Also, the parameters affecting the GW recharge were largely influenced by climate variability. A decline in the GW levels was elevated by the unreliable monsoons along with the surface water resources’ poor quality. Hence, recognizing along with delineating the groundwater potential zone (GWPZ) is necessary to augment the GW source. Rather than surface water, the GW serves as the major source for agricultural along with domestic purposes in the Mahabubnagar District of Telangana district in which the study is executed. Soil, land use land cover (LULC), lineaments, lineament density (LD), stream density, geomorphology, rainfall, and slope were the parameters engendered as diverse thematic layers (TL) in the geographical information systems (GIS). To obtain GWPZ, those features are fed to weighted overlay analysis. Additionally, very low, low, moderate, high, and very high were the ‘5’ distinct classes in which GWP has been categorized. The study’s outcomes exposed that moderate and high areas covered a percentage of 43.89 and 51.67, correspondingly. Moreover, under this category, the district’s main part falls. Thus, the GWPZ in the study area was depicted by the outcomes that aid in better planning and management of GW resources.

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection and analysis were performed by AC, Dr. VM, Dr. KHVDR. The first draft of the manuscript was written by AC and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Choudhury, A., Mahammood, V. & Rao, K.H.V.D. Ground water potential zone assessment using geospatial technique and identification of artificial recharge sites: a case study of Mahabubnagar District of Telangana. Model. Earth Syst. Environ. 9, 1709–1723 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40808-022-01575-4

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